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42

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Snapdragon 860

53

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 888
Overview - Snapdragon 860 Vs Snapdragon 888

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Snapdragon 888 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 860 28
Snapdragon 888 40
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 860 24
Snapdragon 888 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 860 75
Snapdragon 888 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 860 42
Snapdragon 888 53
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 860 Snapdragon 888
CPU 143028 211734
GPU 179320 306250
Memory 69420 133870
UX 72190 156641
Total score 463958 808495
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

  • Snapdragon 860 has 4.23% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (2960 vs 2840 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

  • Snapdragon 888 has 24.44% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (840 vs 675 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 74.26% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 860 (808 K vs 464 K ).
  • Snapdragon 888 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
  • Snapdragon 888 Support 50.01% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 860 (51.2 vs 34.13 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 744
Snapdragon 888 1126

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 860 2616
Snapdragon 888 3681

Image compression

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Snapdragon 860 142.85
Snapdragon 888 177.1

Face detection

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Snapdragon 860 20.3
Snapdragon 888 26.5

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 860 44.55
Snapdragon 888 67.7

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 860 46.35
Snapdragon 888 59.9

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 860 22.85
Snapdragon 888 37.5

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 860 1.65
Snapdragon 888 3.96

SQLite

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Snapdragon 860 777.9
Snapdragon 888 1060

3DMark

18%
Snapdragon 860
Stability 98%

Graphics test 20 FPS
26%
Snapdragon 888
Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution QHD @ 60Hz 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10+ Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

73%
Turbo Clock Speed

2960 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
     1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.1-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - 512 KB
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
  • Process 7 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 660
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 675 MHz 840 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 384 512
  • FLOPS 1037 Gigaflops 1720 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon 780
  • Storage type EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G X60
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 5000 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2000 Mbps 2500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 1200 Mbps 3000 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps 316 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU
28%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
40%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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